How to Use atmospheric river in a Sentence

atmospheric river

noun
Definition of atmospheric rivernext
  • In the weeks that followed, a series of storms caused by atmospheric rivers hit the sate.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Among them are rivers that flooded at the start of the year, when nine atmospheric river storms pummeled the state.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Those atmospheric rivers often hit the West Coast and dump extreme amounts of snow and rain.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • El Niño has been known to enhance atmospheric river events on the West Coast.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
  • One study projects that damages from atmospheric rivers will triple in the western U.S.
    — Jim Foerster, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Two atmospheric rivers are expected to hit the West this week, bringing strong winds, rain and snow.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • This time last year, Juneau was drenched by an atmospheric river.
    — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Indeed, studies have found that the West Coast’s atmospheric rivers, like the one that just hit LA, are getting wetter.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
  • This week, an early season atmospheric river dropped 4 inches of rain in the area, helping to quell the blaze.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The same area was battered by the ocean last January as the West Coast was slammed by numerous atmospheric rivers.
    — John Antczak, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • But thanks to an arriving atmospheric river, the highs will move up into the 50s.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
  • After the first two waves of this week’s atmospheric river storm, the wettest Bay Area locations had recorded about 5 inches of rain.
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Regent’s Slide is the largest of several landslides in the Big Sur area that occurred as a result of last winter’s atmospheric rivers.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The image shows little snowpack in the mountains as the first of two atmospheric river storms approached from the Pacific.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The Bay Area has a day to dry out before a new atmospheric river closes in on California.
    — Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2023
  • This past winter, the atmospheric rivers that pummeled California washed away many of the pups born at Piedras Blancas.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
  • This year, even an atmospheric river couldn’t keep around 600 runners away.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Last winter, a series of massive atmospheric river storms dumped dozens of feet of snow on the Sierra Nevada, ending a three-year drought.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • California - Over the past three years, the state has seen its largest wildfire season in history, its worst drought in 1,200 years and a string of record-setting atmospheric rivers.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
  • The first atmospheric river storm hit the state starting Feb. 1, while the second hit just three days after, the Sacramento Bee reported.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2024
  • With the atmospheric rivers hitting California earlier this month, the zoo's crew thought a performance might be in the works.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • The heavy influx of water comes after several rounds of atmospheric rivers pummeled the West Coast during the wet season.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Amid a multi-year drought, California has been hit by a string of extreme storms called atmospheric rivers this winter.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The region is already soaked after weeks of moisture from atmospheric rivers pummeling the coast.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • In winter, however, the North Pacific High tends to weaken and shift south, allowing atmospheric rivers to reach the state.
    — Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The search took place against a backdrop of extreme weather as an atmospheric river brought heavy rain, snow and life threatening flooding to California at the start of the week.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Abundant snow cloaked the Rocky Mountains over the winter and atmospheric rivers doused California’s drought.
    — Joshua Partlow, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • The Blue Nile has almost run dry, starved of the rains at its source that were historically sustained by atmospheric rivers flowing from the Congo Basin rainforests.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2024
  • After the driest three years ever recorded, the state was hit by nine atmospheric river storms in January.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The storm has been caused by a powerful atmospheric river, a moving corridor of air that can carry water for miles.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024

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